eSchool News

MAY 26, 2025

These students can make meaningful gains when provided with targeted reading intervention strategies tailored to their needs. Still, educators can offer early literacy support and help for struggling readers using evidence-based reading instruction. What is a delayed reader?

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Disabilities Learning Disabilities Reading Motivation 265

Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2025

When she needed a fun end-of-year activity for her first-grade students incorporating Candyland, gummy bears and phonics, Irene Farmer turned to ChatGPT. “It Platforms like Diffit and MagicSchool AI are helping teachers scaffold reading materials, translate documents and highlight vocabulary — all in a matter of seconds.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

Suitable for: All grade levels–from elementary children designing a poster about dinosaurs to high school students putting together a multimedia history project. It lets students listen to their reading instead of (or in addition to) consuming it visually.

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Learning Gamification Exams Knowledge 233

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

We blend math, robotics, reading, and writing for engaging, collaborative learning. Cultivating Confidence: Transforming Middle Grades Math Education : A public charter school in Orangeburg, SC, offers a dynamic Algebra 1-focused related arts course to enhance math and reading skills while fostering positive math identities.

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Art Math STEM Participation 295

eSchool News

JULY 15, 2025

About halfway through my unit on The Great Gatsby , I started asking students to provide video responses of their reactions to the latest read chapter. I was having fun grading. Nevertheless, what I was seeing in these video responses was personality and authenticity–two things you never get from reading AI-generated content.

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English High School High School Essay 287

eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

She insisted on having the latest World Book Encyclopedia set every year, instilling in me a love of reading and inquiry. In a landscape where English proficiency and reading levels vary widely, it’s essential that we provide high-quality, credible resources that offer both language accessibility and academic rigor.

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Language Languages English Math 271

eSchool News

JUNE 19, 2025

The following scenario is becoming more common for educators: You’re grading assignments, reading them one-by-one, until one of them catches your eye. There’s no denying that AI can enhance learning and digital literacy, but some usage raises important questions about ethics and its impact on academic outcomes.

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Academic Integrity History Plagiarism Assignments 307

eSchool News

MAY 22, 2025

In fact, research shows that math scores predict future earnings better than reading scores. Early math skills also predict student success in other subjects like reading and science. More than 80 percent of graduate programs earn an F grade for their math preparation.

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Math Teaching Teachers Coaching 246

eSchool News

JULY 7, 2025

We would go to one platform to look at their reading data, another for their behavior data, and yet another for math. We now incorporate all our non-academic data, such as attendance, as well as comprehensive academic grades and scores from courses and testing, both current and historical.

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Counselling English Disabilities Achievement 277

eSchool News

JULY 8, 2025

The platform covers all subjects–from vocabulary and reading strategies to science, social studies, and math–through catchy songs and interactive lessons. Furthermore, it’s a powerful tool for developing literacy skills and content knowledge in a way that resonates with children across grade levels and learning styles.

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Quizzes Social Studies Learning Students 158

Imagination Soup

MAY 21, 2025

Take a middle grade reading road trip around the USA! Discover the best middle grade books set in each state of the United States of. The post 50 States Reading Road Trip (Middle Grade Books Set in the USA) appeared first on Imagination Soup.

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Grades Reading Middle School Middle School 98

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

Reading before bed? But not everybody feels this way about reading. My own brother — who is incredibly intelligent, younger than I am, and has already paid off his house (what?!?!) — once told me, “I never read anything unless I absolutely have to.” Every single day we seem to move closer to a society that simply doesn’t read.

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Reading English Grades Attention 75

eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2025

She introduced regular in-person celebrations and rewards for students with good attendance, including: Monthly donuts with me for one student from each grade. Imagine local businesses proudly displaying student artwork celebrating perfect attendance, or community leaders volunteering time to read to classes with exceptional attendance rates.

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Elementary School Elementary School Failure Communication 218

eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2025

The targeted program focused on foundational skills – phonemic awareness, letter naming, and oral reading fluency – and delivered remarkable results: 99% of participating students improved their overall composite early reading assessment scores from pre- to post-test.

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Secondary Education Schools Learning Coaching 241

Teach Hub

JUNE 12, 2025

If you’re trying to get students to really think while they read, not just skim or restate facts, then reciprocal reading might be just the technique you’re looking for. But what it does is something that every teacher hopes for: it helps students take control of their own reading process.

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Reading Discussions Fairness Questions 66

eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

Math isn’t my strongest subject, and when a student asked me to help solve an equation involving angles, I hesitated.

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Ethics Plagiarism Math Communication 254

eSchool News

JULY 14, 2025

These platforms often come with features like automatic grading and analytics, which free up teachers’ time to focus more on hands-on instruction and one-on-one mentoring. The results of leveraging technology in CTE are impressive.

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Technology Quizzes Teaching Methods Blended Learning 265

eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

We have all the levels in one classroom, so having a platform like Lexia Core5 Reading, personalized to each student is very powerful. Sometimes you can tell by the graphics at the younger age levels (where everyone is working through the graphic-intense modules), but in sixth grade, it looks like you’re watching a YouTube story.

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English Students Language Languages 166

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

The end of the year is not just a time for wrapping up grades and packing up classrooms–it’s also a powerful opportunity for growth and renewal. In 2022, he was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame. She is a credentialed special educator, reading specialist, and administrator in California.

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Schools Motivation Science Teaching 231

eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

Kibeam is redefining early childhood literacy education with the launch of Kibeam Wand : a first-of-its-kind, screen-free, AI-powered handheld device that reinforces foundational reading skills through immersive storytelling and play-based learning. children struggle to read proficiently. Nearly two-thirds of U.S.

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Coaching Reading Science Skills 140

eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

In 2024, both Oklahoma and Wisconsin lowered what it means for students to be proficient in grade-level content. Florida is actively looking at removing graduation requirements which include passing a 10th grade English Language Arts assessment and a statewide algebra test. Now, they have proposed eliminating an Algebra II requirement.

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Education Math Exams English 281

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Teaching 8th grade ELA can be a uniquely rewarding experience, as long as you’ve got the right tools. But is that enough to prepare new teenagers for 9th grade? We’ve gathered our favorite 8th grade ELA teacher essentials, including tips for brand-new teachers and seasoned veterans alike.

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Grades Teaching Teachers Teaching Philosophy 52

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

We blend math, robotics, reading, and writing for engaging, collaborative learning. Cultivating Confidence: Transforming Middle Grades Math Education : A public charter school in Orangeburg, SC, offers a dynamic Algebra 1-focused related arts course to enhance math and reading skills while fostering positive math identities.

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Art Math STEM Participation 146

Edsurge

JULY 14, 2025

With AI, it’s the same: We need to teach students to “read the nutrition label” before they consume AI content. But the way report cards work and assessments happen, students get a grade in math or English — not in collaboration, communication or critical thinking. Who built the model? How was it designed?

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Skills Teaching Critical Thinking English 145

Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

In a course that requires out-of-class reading, that conversation is highly reliant on students doing their part and completing the assigned reading.However, in recent semesters, students engaging in focused reading in which they annotate text is dwindling. There is a notable drop off in the reading and conversations.In

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Instructors Assignments Participation Students 91

Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 19, 2025

I’m picturing a lot of family time, slower mornings, and leisure reading in my future, but I also like to spend some time brushing up on my teaching skills each summer. Must-Read Professional Development Book Recommendations from Current Teachers A good read can be just what you need to spark new ideas and inspiration for next year!

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Reading Skills Teachers Classroom Management 59

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2025

In grade school, I was a confident student who knew how to ace tests and please my teachers. I considered majoring in English since I loved reading, or maybe pre-med for financial stability. My practical immigrant parents talked me out of the first, and a terrible grade on a chemistry midterm out of the second.

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Schools Failure Ethics Textbooks 141

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

We blend math, robotics, reading, and writing for engaging, collaborative learning. Cultivating Confidence: Transforming Middle Grades Math Education : A public charter school in Orangeburg, SC, offers a dynamic Algebra 1-focused related arts course to enhance math and reading skills while fostering positive math identities.

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Art Math STEM Participation 150

Imagination Soup

JUNE 16, 2025

Open a book, pack your imaginary bags, and travel the world in this Read Around the World Middle Grade Book Reading Challenge for tweens ages. The post Read Around the World Middle Grade Reading Challenge for Tweens appeared first on Imagination Soup.

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Reading Grades Middle School Middle School 104

Teach Hub

MAY 16, 2025

You Can Use It Anywhere, With Any Grade Think-Pair-Share isnt tied to one subject, it works anywhere. Use it in math to talk through different ways to solve a problem, in science to make predictions, in reading to dive into character choices, or in social studies to unpack big ideas like fairness or impact.

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Fairness Social Studies Questions Science 80

Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Letter grades are indeed first subjective evaluations of knowledge proficiency, but once they are passed to the hands of the students, they become game components, passed around as proof of the completion of some task, or the achievement of some desired goal (mastering a standard, fulfilling the requirements of an assignment, etc.)

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Gamification Learning Motivation Learning Styles 104

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Beginning Add literature/resources from neurodivergent, disabled, and diverse authors to assigned course readings and class activities. Replace and/or supplement outdated readings. Provide electronic files of reading, resources, presentations, and other materials. When they ask what this means, share these suggestions!

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Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 94

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

I walked into classrooms where ninth graders were reading at a third-grade level. Some just want to read a good book and be seen for who they are, not as a stereotype waiting to be saved. Their brilliance wasn’t dimmed by ability, but by systems too broken — or too indifferent to see them. Where intervention was nonexistent.

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Schools Beliefs Culture Testing 148

Teach Hub

APRIL 25, 2025

It could be another teacher on your team, a specialist like an art or music teacher, or even a class in a different grade. If every student is standing in front of the class reading off an index card, its no wonder the energy falls flat. If you want to inject some new energy into a project, consider partnering up with another class.

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Students Communication Intelligence Motivation 94

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

Two of these authors Dr. Michelle Rivers and Dr. Janell Blunt shared theirs on the podcast you can listen to our conversation in the player above or read the full transcript. And that class, since I started doing that, is a 20 percent improvement in the exam grades. The strategies are summarized below.

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Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 80

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

They can tell if someones skipping class a floor away by reading faces in the room. If I could start my teaching career again, I would request professional development days to observe beyond my content area, grade level, and even my school. Teachers often seem to have eyes in the back of their heads. You see whats possible.

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Classroom Management Coaching Feedback Teaching 175

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

This list of 8th grade writing prompts is sure to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboards!) Do you like it when someone reads a book to you, or do you prefer reading independently? Something very unexpected happened at 8th grade graduation. faster than they can say “Where’s the hall pass?”

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Writing Grades Middle School Middle School 52